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US 9,176,667 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for virtual keypad control
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByoung-Uk Yoon, Moon-Soo Kim, Yong-Sang Yun, Seung-Eun Lee
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Abstract
A method is provided including detecting that a first key in a virtual keypad is pressed, the first key being associated with a first symbol, determining, by an electronic device, whether a predetermined input is received after the first key is pressed, reconfiguring the virtual keypad, without displaying the first symbol, when the predetermined input is received; and displaying the first symbol when the predetermined input is not received.
Claims20
A method for providing a virtual keypad of a touch screen in an electronic device, comprising:
- detecting that a first key in the virtual keypad is touch;
- determining whether a second key in the virtual keypad is touched within a predetermined time period after the first key is touch;
- deactivating the virtual keypad, when the second key is touched within the predetermined time period;
- detecting a drag on at least one of the first key or the second key;
- and
- reconfiguring the virtual keypad in response to detecting the drag.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a touchscreen configured to display a virtual keypad;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- detect that a first key in the virtual keypad is touch;
- determine whether a second key in the virtual keypad is touched within a predetermined time period after the first key is touch;
- deactivate the virtual keypad, when the second key is touched within the predetermined time period;
- detect a drag on at least one of the first key or the second key;
- and
- reconfigure the virtual keypad
- in response to detecting the drag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.